Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. I9I5.

- 1,152,954., mentedsept. 7, 1915.

IIIIIIII COLUMBIA PLANDURAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. C.

DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent. n

` Patented Sept. "Z, i915.

Application led May 26, 1915. Serial No. 30,501.

To all whom t may concern.' y

Beit known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

My present invention relates to that 'type of apparel corsets in whichthere are inin position relatively to the cluded both a tension orself-reducing strap and a skirt depending from the lower edge of thecorset body proper. I am aware that heretofore apparel corsets of thisgeneral nature have been constructed, as, for 'ex-` ample, the` corsetshown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,020,764, granted to me March19, 1912. In this type of corset, the front portion of the skirt isdivided and the tension or selfreducing strap is secured along one edgeto the corset body an appreciable distance from the front steel andisadapted to be adjustably attached to the lower part of the `front steel,and extends over the divided portion of the skirt, there `being hosesupporters suitably attached to the 4lower front edge of the skirt andto the extremity of the depending part of the tension or self-reducingstrap. Inl this, and all other forms of apparel corsets in which ladepending tension or self-reducing strap has been employed with adepending skirt, the skirt portion proper conforms to the body ofthe'wearer in a standing as well as ina seated position, and as will bereadily understood, when in a standing position the pro-` longations ofthe tension or self-reducing straps are maintained in position bythepull exerted on the same through the hose supporters commonlyemployed in connection withthem. When in a seated position, however,this pull upon the hose supporters being relieved, the tendency of theprolongations of the tension or self-reducing straps is to wrinkle orwork up and cause a corresponding unevenness in' the vgown and outergarments of the wearer at, or approx` imately at the line of demarcationbetween the body and the limbs.

The object of my invention is to overcome this diiiiculty, and tomaintain the prolongations of the tension or self-reducing strapsdependingy front portions of the corset skirts. In so doing, Ipreferably provide a sleeve in the lower front portion of the corsetskirts, through garment, each corset body .tance from the front steel.Aor normally free end each tension strap is i which the prolongation ofthe corresponding passes, 'in Y tension or self-reducing strap order tomaintain this prolongation in place relatively to the othery parts of t-e garment. The corset made in accordance with my present inventionrwill be hereinafter more particularly described in connectionwith theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figurey l isa front elevationofan'apparel corset embodying vmy present invention.- Fig. 2 is anenlarged elevation of the lower front with steels 12-l3 alongtheir frontedges,

the same being provided with clasp fasteners by which these edges may beconnected, and each corsetv body half along its rear edge is also, as isusual, provided with series of eyelets 14 for Areceiving a lace 15, bywhich, as is customary, the corset body halves are connected at therear. In this half is provided with a depending skirt 16 extending fromthe rear to the front medial line thereof, the front portion ofthe skirtof each corset body half being'indicated at 17.

r`Associated with each corset body half, I

" employ a tension or self-reducing strap indicated at 18. At one edge,each of these straps is connected to the corset body by a lineeofstitches 19 at a predetermined dis- At its opposite fitted with a seriesof eyelets 20 any one of which may be engaged with a stud hook 21secured in the lower end of the corset steel, in order'to adjustablyconnect this otherwise free end of the tension or self-reducing strap inposition. Each tension or self-reducing strap also includes aprolongation or downwardly extending member 22, to the extremity ofwhich a hose supporter 23 is connected in any suitable manner.

In the lower front portion of the skirt of each corset body half Iembody an overlying member 24, secured in this part vofV the skirt bylines of sewing 25 and 26,

portion of on-e corset body half. F 1g. 3 is a cross section on line-x,w, F 1g. 2,.

respectively, so as to form a sleeve with the this sleeve beingindicated at 27 in Fig. 3, and through which the prolongation 22 of thecorresponding tension or self-reducing strap and its hose supporterextends so a predetermined portion of these members lie within thesleeve 27.

inasmuch as the lower front portion of the corset skirt will conform tothe body of the wearer, in a standing as well 'as in a sittingp'osition,it will be apparent that when in a sitting position, notwithstandingkthe release of the tension on the hose supporter 23, the lower frontportion of the skirt will maintain the prolongation of the tension orself-reducing strap in place and prevent the same from working up andproducingwrinkles or bulges in the 4garment of the wearer. is alsoindicated in the drawing in this case, the; lower front portion of theskirt of each corset body half maybe provided on both sides of thesleeve with inserts 2S and Q9 made of elastic and inelastic 'materialAlso, as is customary, the front portion of each skirt at the lowerfront edge thereof may be provided with a hose supporter indicated at 30in Fig. 2. Still furthermore, as also indicated in the drawing, theupper portion of each tension or self-reducing strap may be reinforcedby the member indicated at 31, which at its upper edge conforms to theupper edge of the tension or self-reducing strap and eX- tends therefromto a line indicated at 32.

t will be understood that the hose supporter employed in conjunctionwith the prolongation of the tension strap may, as

l indicated in Figs. 2 andB, be merely attached at its upper end to thelower endl of the prolongation of the tension strap and may extendstraight downwardly and be connected by a suitable clasp tothe upperportion of the hose, or as indicated in Fig. et, one end of a web yorstrap 33 maybe attached to the lower end ofthe prolongation of thetension strap and the opposite end of this web or strap attached to thecorset skirt, and the hose supporter 23 suitably connected thereto. Asshown in this ligure, this opposite end of the web is attached to thelower portion of the inner member comprising part of the sleeve 2li,

Copies of but as will be understood may be attached in any suitableplace to the corset skirt.

I claim as my invention.

1. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a skirtdepending therefrom, a tension `strap secured at one edge on a linedistant from the front steel, means for adjustably securing the oppositeend of the tension strap at the front of the corset body, a hosesupporter prolongation depending from said tension strap, and meanssecured lin said skirt and between which and a portion of the skirt thesaid prolongation of the tension strap passes.

l 2. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a skirtdepending therefrom, a tension strap secured at one edge by a line ofstitches distant from the front steel, means for securing the oppositeend of the tension strap to the lower front portion of the corset body,a hose supporter prolongation depending from the said tension strap, asleeve formed in the lower front portion of the said depending skirt,and a hose supporter secured to and extending from the lower end of thesaid prolongation of the tension strap, predetermined portions of thesaid prolongation'and hose supporter lying within the said sleeve in theskirt so as to be maintained in position relatively to the skirt whenthe wearer of the garment is seated.

3. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a skirtdepending therefrom, a tension strap secured at one edge rby a line ofstitches distant from the front steek-means for securing the oppositeend of a tension strap to the lower front portionof the corset body, ahose supporter prolongation depending from the said tension strap, asleeve formed in the lower front portion of the* said depending skirt,

and a hose supporter secured at one end to the lower end of theprolongation of the tension strap and secured at its opposite end to thesaid skirt so that predetermined portions. of the said prolongation ofthe "tension strap and the hose suporter lie within the said sleeve inorderto be maintained in position relatively to the skirt when thewearer of the garment is seated.

, Signed by me this 20th day of May, 1.915.

DANIEL KOPS.

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